The New Me

Author : Halle Butler
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143133608
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Me written by Halle Butler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] definitive work of millennial literature . . . wretchedly riveting." —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker “Girls + Office Space + My Year of Rest and Relaxation + anxious sweating = The New Me.” —Entertainment Weekly I'm still trying to make the dream possible: still might finish my cleaning project, still might sign up for that yoga class, still might, still might. I step into the shower and almost faint, an image of taking the day by the throat and bashing its head against the wall floating in my mind. Thirty-year-old Millie just can't pull it together. She spends her days working a thankless temp job and her nights alone in her apartment, fixating on all the ways she might change her situation--her job, her attitude, her appearance, her life. Then she watches TV until she falls asleep, and the cycle begins again. When the possibility of a full-time job offer arises, it seems to bring the better life she's envisioning within reach. But with it also comes the paralyzing realization, lurking just beneath the surface, of how hollow that vision has become. "Wretchedly riveting" (The New Yorker) and "masterfully cringe-inducing" (Chicago Tribune), The New Me is the must-read new novel by National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree and Granta Best Young American novelist Halle Butler. Named a Best Book of the Decade by Vox, and a Best Book of 2019 by Vanity Fair, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, Mashable, Bustle, and NPR

Author : Wendy McClure
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101658088
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I'm Not the New Me written by Wendy McClure and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious and sometimes poignant look at the absurdities of weight-loss culture from an appealing and original voice. I'm Not The New Me is about coming to terms with a family heritage of fat and drastic surgeries, and about self-esteem issues that are nobody's business but your own. It's wondering what's left of yourself after you lose weight-and just who the hell you are if you gain it back. It's about the absurdities of online identities and fat girl clichés, and the sheer terror of appearing live and in person in your very own life.

Author : Halle Butler
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525507183
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jillian written by Halle Butler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "sublimely awkward and hilarious" (Chicago Tribune), National Book Award "5 Under 35"-garnering first novel from the acclaimed author of The New Me--now in a new edition Twenty-four-year-old Megan may have her whole life ahead of her, but it already feels like a dead end, thanks to her dreadful job as a gastroenterologist's receptionist and her heart-clogging resentment of the success and happiness of everyone around her. But no one stokes Megan's bitterness quite like her coworker, Jillian, a grotesquely optimistic, thirty-five-year-old single mother whose chirpy positivity obscures her mounting struggles. Megan and Jillian's lives become increasingly precarious as their faulty coping mechanisms--denial, self-help books, alcohol, religion, prescription painkillers, obsessive criticism, alienated boyfriends, and, in Jillian's case, the misguided purchase of a dog--send them spiraling toward their downfalls. Wickedly authentic and brutally funny, Jillian is a subversive portrait of two women trapped in cycles of self-delusion and self-destruction, each more like the other than they would care to admit.

Author : Diana Athill
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681376121
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Don't Look at Me Like That written by Diana Athill and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A candid novel of love, betrayal, and friendship about a young woman who breaks with her peers, moves to London, and begins a shocking affair. “When I was at school I used to think that everyone disliked me, and it wasn’t far from true” confesses Meg Bailey at the start of Don’t Look at Me Like That. Coming of age in the mid-1940s, Meg finds herself to be out of place wherever she finds herself: She is a nonbeliever in her father’s parsonage, an artistic dreamer at her stuffy boarding school, a provincial in the worldly circles frequented by her best friend Roxane and Dick, Roxane’s future husband. It is only when Meg, newly graduated from art school, moves into an untidy London rooming house alive with the sounds of crying children, sparring lovers, and even foreigners, that she begins to feel at home. But ties to the past are not so easily severed, and Meg must disentangle herself from her troubled intimacy with Roxane and Dick before she can begin to start “living in her own way.” Don’t Look at Me Like That is the only novel by the famed memoirist and editor Diana Athill, who died in 2019 at the age of one hundred and one. At once clear-eyed and compassionate, it is a story of making mistakes and making a life.

Author : Amanda Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781707007202
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Me written by Amanda Martin and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Me is a fantastic story of victory over the addiction from drugs.

Author : Elizabeth Neep
Publisher : Bookouture
ISBN 13 : 1800196407
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Me written by Elizabeth Neep and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I absolutely LOVED IT… I was absolutely hooked from page one until the fantastic ending. I completely absorbed this page-turner in one sitting… Bridget Jones watch out!’ Bookworm86, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What if you meet the love of your life, but he thinks you’re someone else? Anna and Marley are best friends. So when Anna rings Marley, panicking because she has to miss a tour of an exclusive wedding venue, Marley agrees to go in her friend’s place. After being totally ignored by the glamorous receptionist who can tell she doesn’t belong there, Marley meets handsome hotel manager Cameron. He assumes she’s Anna and instead of admitting that she’s not the blushing bride, but the unlucky-in-love single friend, Marley plays along to see what it’s like to be Anna for a day. After all, Marley is unemployed, single and was woken up that morning by her flatmate playing the bagpipes. Anna has a high-flying career and is planning the perfect wedding. Why wouldn’t Marley want to be her? Only she wasn’t counting on Cameron being so smart and funny. Or this spark between them that she can’t ignore. She hasn’t felt this way about a guy in forever. But he thinks she’s somebody better. Marley needs a way out of this mix-up to get her shot at true love. But her fictional fiancé is now standing in her way and it’s harder than she thought to stop living someone else’s life… A funny, uplifting and poignant story of friendship, love and finding your way. Fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Holly Bourne and Bridget Jones will adore Elizabeth Neep’s wit and warmth. Readers are falling in love with The New Me: ‘Elizabeth Neep hit it out of the park… Grab a comfy blanket, a cuppa, clear your schedule, enjoy.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A light-hearted read that makes your heart smile… A girl-power novel… The perfect feel-good read. I read this in one day!’ Goodreads reviewer ‘Perfect for fans of the Bridget Jones vibe… Charming and witty… This story is perfectly paired with a cocktail and warm day reading outside.’ sum.reads ‘What a fantastic read!… A fun, fast read that I enjoyed!... Wonderful book!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I have absolutely fallen in love with Elizabeth Neep’s writing… I LOVED this!’ Readbydaisy ‘A feel good romcom with a difference.’ Goodreads reviewer ‘I loved this fun, uplifting feel good book. It really made me smile.’ Goodreads reviewer ‘I loved… I read this in one day because I kept needing to know what happened next!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I enjoyed this book so much and stayed up all night to read it.’ Goodreads reviewer ‘Glorious… Brimming with life and laughter… Just amazing… An adorable romance.’ Bethanys Bookshelf ‘Cheeky, fun and light… Lots of twists and turns… Exactly what I wanted.’ Goodreads reviewer ‘I discovered Elizabeth Neep last year and I've read her three books as soon as they have been available!... The best thing about this book is that it's not only focused on romance (although there is romance in it) but on the power of female friendship, on finding yourself, and the thought that it is ok not to be perfect… I hope Elizabeth Neep writes another book soon!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I have enjoyed all of Elizabeth Neep's books… They are getting funnier with each book!... Very humorous and light-hearted… I would recommend to all.’ Goodreads reviewer ‘I’m so happy that I found this book! Lots of romance, having fun and spice! A must read!’ Goodreads reviewer ‘A quick read that kept me entertained and awake past my bedtime reading. I’d definitely recommend it!’ BookishlyBouv ‘Great to sit back and enjoy with my morning coffee!’ Goodreads reviewer ‘A great read to pass a rainy afternoon!’ Goodreads reviewer ‘So many twists and turns in the story that it quite honestly kept me on edge for ages wondering how it would all work out.’ Goodreads reviewer

Author : Lindsay Hunter
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374715998
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eat Only When You're Hungry written by Lindsay Hunter and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2017 Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award and a 2017 NPR Great Read Recommended reading by Nylon, Buzzfeed, Vulture, Lit Hub, Chicago Review of Books and Chicago Reader "With this novel, Hunter establishes herself as an unforgettable voice in American letters. Her work here, as ever, is unparalleled." —Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist and Hunger Achingly funny and full of feeling, Eat Only When You’re Hungry follows fifty-eight-year-old Greg as he searches for his son, GJ, an addict who has been missing for three weeks. Greg is bored, demoralized, obese, and as dubious of GJ’s desire to be found as he is of his own motivation to go looking. Almost on a whim, Greg embarks on a road trip to central Florida—a noble search for his son, or so he tells himself. Greg takes us on a tour of highway and roadside, of Taco Bell, KFC, gas-station Slurpees, sticky strip-club floors, pooling sweat, candy wrappers and crumpled panes of cellophane and wrinkled plastic bags tumbling along the interstate. This is the America Greg knows, one he feels closer to than to his youthful idealism, closer even than to his younger second wife. As his journey continues, through drive-thru windows and into the living rooms of his alluring ex-wife and his distant, curmudgeonly father, Greg’s urgent search for GJ slowly recedes into the background, replaced with a painstaking, illuminating, and unavoidable look at Greg’s own mistakes—as a father, as a husband, and as a man. Brimming with the same visceral regret and joy that leak from the fast food Greg inhales, Eat Only When You’re Hungry is a wild and biting study of addiction, perseverance, and the insurmountable struggle to change. With America’s desolate underbelly serving as her guide, Lindsay Hunter elicits a singular type of sympathy for her characters, using them to challenge our preconceived notions about addiction and to explore the innumerable ways we fail ourselves.

Author : Meredith Maran
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 039957414X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Old Me written by Meredith Maran and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A funny, seasoned take on dashed illusions.”—O Magazine “I love everything Meredith Maran writes. She is insightful, funny, and human, and the things she writes about matter to me deeply. Her memoir, The New Old Me, is a book I don’t just want to read—I need to read it. So does everyone else who’s getting older and wants to live fully, with immediacy and enjoyment, which is to say, everyone.”—Anne Lamott, author of Hallelujah Anyway For readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman comes one woman's lusty, kickass, post-divorce memoir of starting over at 60 in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood. After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life’s savings, and the collapse of her once-happy marriage, Meredith Maran leaves her San Francisco freelance writer’s life for a 9-to-5 job in Los Angeles. Determined to rebuild not only her savings but also herself while relishing the joys of life in La-La land, Maran writes “a poignant story, a funny story, a moving story, and above all an American story of what it means to be a woman of a certain age in our time” (Christina Baker Kline, number-one New York Times–bestselling author of Orphan Train). Praise for The New Old Me: “High time we had a book that celebrates becoming an elder! Meredith Maran writes of the difficulties of loss and change and aging, but makes it clear that getting on can be more interesting, more fun, and a lot more exciting than youth.”—Abigail Thomas, author of the New York Times bestseller What Comes Next and How to Like It “By turns poignant and funny, the book not only shows how one feisty woman coped with a ‘Plan B life’ she didn't want or expect with a little help from her friends. It also celebrates how she transformed uncertainty into a glorious opportunity for continued late-life personal growth. A spirited and moving memoir about how ‘it's never too late to try something new.’”—Kirkus

Author : Ta-Nehisi Coates
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 0679645985
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between the World and Me written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by One World. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone) NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • New York • Newsday • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

Author : Carol Ellis
Publisher : Simon Spotlight
ISBN 13 : 9780671898588
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Here Comes the Brand-New Me written by Carol Ellis and published by Simon Spotlight. This book was released on 1994 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the new school year, Stephanie decides to make some personal changes in her life, but finds it easier said than done.